Bird Conservancy of the Rockies - Barr Banding Report, 10/15/23

[meredith]

In these final days of fall banding, we expect lots of White-crowned Sparrows (which we are getting in normal numbers), Dark-eyed Juncos (not so much) and bigger birds.  In the "bigger bird" category, today we added our 4th Blue Jay and our first Sharp-shinned Hawk.  The Flickers were flying fairly low in a good sized flock; hope to catch them starting tomorrow.  Here's yesterday's numbers:

Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 (young, female)

Blue Jay 1

Lincoln's Sparrow 1

White-crowned Sparrow, Gambel's 10

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Meredith McBurney
Bander, Barr Lake Station

Bird Conservancy of the Rockies